Improvement in wheels for vehicles



A. WiE-TLlSBA.CH.

Wheels for Vehicles.

Patented Dec. 29,1874..

INVENT I] R WITNESSES.

UNITED STATES PATENT a. part of. this specification.

the same.

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IMPROVEMENT lN- WHEELS FOR VEHEGLES.

Spebi ilcction forming part of Letters Patent hio. 58,343, dated DEKHXBOIZQQ.1 82j }21i 6dfi1l filed November 10,1874;

Tool! whom wit may concern This device is desiguedandwell adapted to Be it known that I, ALBIN WI srLIsBAcH, of ambulances and. other purposes in which stillf-he cityof Newarlgin the countyof Essex and uses is requisite or desirniole. State of NewJersey,-have invented certainnew' The rim 0. as above sci; forth, may also be and useful Improvements in Wheels; and I do composed ot'wood and iron combined, two forms hereby declare thabthefollowingis fuli, clear, of which are illustrated in the drawing, rm of and exact description thereof, which will enable which, Fig. 4, is a; felly'constructed .in the on others skilledin the art to whichit pertains to dinary: manner, the rods passing through the ma-keand use the same, reference being had'tofolly, and covered by the tire, as shown, and

- the'accompanying drawings, and to'the letthe other, Fig.- 3,, (a strip of wood between 'ters of reference marked thereon, which form two hands ofirou or other meta-1,) secured by 1 bolts passing through the wholciet proper in This invention relates to-certuin improve tervals, the rods being secured in the inner ments in the constructionsot' wheels for vehibands; the ob ect of which is to' impart inl cles and has for its object increased clasticicrc'ased'strength and elasticity.

"It will be observed that the ends of the rods b, which pass throughthe flanges of the hubs,

a sideele'vation of my wheel, with the outside are'movable therein, the result of which-is' thst ty, durability, and beauty, v x In the accompanying drawing, Figure -1 is plate removed. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the. the tension is sustained by the upper rods same;"and Figs. 5 and (i are detail views of or spokes, instead of the lower spokes being -subjected to the pressure when a vehicleis '--Tl|e hub A,which is made of met-a1, and loaded, asiu ordinary cases, the advantage adapted to receive any ordinary axle, has a leor which is obvious. 1

cuss in each end, which, of'course, leaves pro- A cap, 111,; is screwed i ntosho front end of jecting flanges and, through which the rods or the hub, which serves to cover the-end of the spokes b pass, and are secured, by screw-nuts axle,'e.nd also as a receptacle for oil to lubri- 0, inside of said flanges, and are covered by cute-said axle, and is so perfectly l:itted and caps B, which are secured by screws, and serve adjusted as to retain aquantity sufficient for the purpose of covering the nut c, and" prea number of days. vents them-from turning and hecomingloose, Having thus described myinrention, what 1 and alsoiinpa-rts a neat finish to the ends of the claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters hubs. 'Thespokesorrodsb pass into,orthrougl1, Patent of the United States, is;- the feliy or rim 0 of the wheel, and are se- The col ibination-of the hnbA, spokes b,-rim curedtheretoortherein in suchamnnnerasthat 0, and ru ber tire I), the tire being composed they will be immovable. v, of tubing, and secured in position b,'thescrc\v- In the 'drawing'is illustrated a wheel havrod 01' and double-acting mu; is, substantially ing a. felly' or rim, the outer surface of which as shown and described. 7 is grooved and surrounded by a rubber band, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as through'which passes a rod or wiro,d, the two ence of two witnesses.

'cndsof which have a screw-threadcut thereon, Y l adapted to screw into an elongated nut, e, hav- ALBIN WIETLISBACH. in get right-and-left thread, by means of which v the said rod or wire may be inade perfect-1y 'tig'ht, aud=foreing said rubber band into said gi'roove, so that it cannot be displaced byacci ent. i

Witnesses Xwm MEYER, Mucous HOLTZMANN.

I), composed of ordinz'try rubber tubing, my own invention'I nfiix iny signature in pres 

